Crunchyroll announced today that it has acquired the theatrical rights for the new anime film GREAT PRETENDER razbliuto. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will bring the film to select theaters in the United States for a special two-day event on January 9 and 10.
GREAT PRETENDER razbliuto marks the first feature film in the popular GREAT PRETENDER anime series, which debuted to critical acclaim in 2020. This film serves as a standalone story following Dorothy, the con artist who targets other con artists, as she masterfully maneuvers her way through Asia, all the while facing an unexpected threat.
Synopsis: It’s been three years since WIT Studio captivated the world with the dizzying tricks and ingenious scenarios that emerged from the GREAT PRETENDER series. Now, this all-new action-adventure film follows Dorothy, the self-proclaimed genius con artist who recruited the infamous Laurent Thierry to the life of crime. This time around, she has been defeated at her own game by the Shanghai Longu Bang and is thought to be dead, but she soon reemerges in a small seaside village. Pursued by the underworld of Taipei, she heads to Kyoto, but what will she find waiting for her there…?!
This story is once again directed by Hiro Kaburagi, who is also responsible for the character design, with animation production from WIT Studio (Attack on Titan Seasons 1-3, Vinland Saga Season 1 ). The film is produced by Hitoshi Ito (MIRAI, Star Wars: Visions “The Ninth Jedi”) and script supervision by Ryota Kosawa (Always: Sunset on Third Street, Air Bound).
Participating Theaters:
Alphabetical by city.
- Cinemark Pflugerville 20 and XD (Austin, TX)
- Cinemark Egyptian 24 and XD (Baltimore, MD)
- AMC Boston Common 19 (Boston, MA)
- AMC River East 21 (Chicago, IL)
- AMC Northpark 15 (Dallas, TX)
- AMC Westminster Promenade 24 & IMAX (Denver, CO)
- Consolidated Ward Theaters with TITAN LUXE (Honolulu, HI)
- Regal Edwards Houston Marq’E (Houston, TX)
- AMC Town Square 18 (Las Vegas, NV)
- AMC Burbank 16 (Los Angeles, CA)
- Regal LA Live (Los Angeles CA)
- AMC Tysons Corner 16 (McLean, CA)
- AMC Sunset Place 24 (Miami, FL)
- AMC Garden State 16 (Newark, NJ)
- AMC Empire 25 (New York, NY)
- Harkins Theatres Arizona Mills 18 w/ IMAX (Phoenix, AZ)
- AMC DINE-IN Ontario Mills 30 (Riverside, CA)
- Cinemark Century Arden 14 and XD (Sacramento, CA)
- Cinemark Jordan Landing 24 and XD (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Santikos Entertainment Casa Blanca (San Antonio, TX)
- AMC Mission Valley 20 (San Diego, CA)
- Regal Stonestown Galleria (San Francisco, CA)
- Cinemark Century Great Mall 20 XD and ScreenX (San Jose, CA)
- AMC Orange 30 (Santa Ana, CA)
- Regal Meridian (Seattle, WA)
The GREAT PRETENDER series follows the story of pickpocket and scammer Makoto “Edamame” Edamura. After swindling a seemingly clueless tourist, Laurent Thierry, Makoto discovers that he was the one tricked — and the police are now after him. While making his escape, he runs into Thierry once again, happens to be a fellow con man, and the two flee to Los Angeles. Jumping from city to city, the anime follows Makoto, Laurent and his colorful associates in the world of international high-stakes fraud.
